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Study Questions 7.1
1. What is bias, and how does it differ from perspective?
Bias is a one-sided view during a historical event, versus perspective is a multiple point of view.
2. Why do many feminists complain that traditional ethics is biased toward men?
Feminists complain because it focuses on male perspective with little regard to women’s perspective.
3. Describe Lawrence Kohlberg's model of moral development. Why did Carol Gilligan believe it was an example of male bias in ethical thinking?
Lawrence Kohlberg’s model of moral development was made into six stages in which people become less self-interested and more impartial in how they assess ethical situations. Gilligan believed in was male biased because it “marginalized women’s ways of thinking” and implied their approach to ethical situations were immature.
4. What is the justice perspective,
and why is it significant to feminist thinkers?
The justice perspective emphasized justice and related traits of universality and impartiality. it’s important to feminist thinkers because their motive is to engage, transform and correct and implement equity in ethics.
5. What is the difference between descriptive and prescriptive theories? Which is Kohlberg's?
Descriptive theories point out the fact that women and men approach ethical situations differently, and prescriptive theories are as you go through moral stages, you get better with reasoning. Kohlberg’s theory was prescriptive.
6. What is the difference between the atomic model of the self and the relational model?
Which is emphasized in feminist ethics?
The atomic model is when each self is naturally self-contained and separate from others, versus relational model is the nature of being a self that is closely tied in being connected to others and is emphasized in feminist ethics.
7. What is care, and how is it central to feminist ethics?
Care is having the desire to help others close to you. It’s central to feminist ethics because it a feminine approach to respond to the needs of the people close to you and minimize their harms driven by empathy and sympathy.
8. What is partiality, and how is it central to feminist care ethics?
Partiality is the focus on maintenance and protection of the well-being of close relationships. It’s central to feminist care ethics because it’s the source of consideration.
9. What does it mean to say that care ethics is particularistic?
Care ethics are particularistic because they focus on specifics of a situation.
10. Why do many critics feel that care ethics is inappropriate for public life?
Critics feel that care ethics in inappropriate for public life because the public realm isn’t filled with close relationships, so it shouldn’t be applied to all situations.
11. Why do many critics feel that care ethics is inappropriate for abusive relationships?
Critics feel that care ethics is inappropriate for abusive relationships because it takes advantage of the will of people who promote the well-being of relationships.
12. Why do many critics feel that care ethics might actually be bad for women?
Critics think care ethics is bad for women because fought against the stereotype of being “emotional” and “soft” yet thinks this way and contradicts their argument.
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